Overview

• Elon Musk extended his No. 1 streak to 16 months after a roughly $14.4 billion August gain tied to an nearly 8% rise in Tesla shares.
• Larry Ellison held second at about $270.9 billion but shed roughly $28.7 billion as Oracle shares fell.
• Alphabet's rebound lifted Larry Page by about $20.3 billion and Sergey Brin by about $15.1 billion, reshuffling the middle of the list.
• Bernard Arnault, the only European in the top tier, climbed from tenth to seventh after an estimated $11.2 billion increase.
• The group's combined wealth rose about 1% month over month; all top-ten members are men and nine are U.S. citizens, with Alice Walton the richest woman at $106.5 billion in 17th place.